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Youth Commission
MINUTES
DATE: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Cit y Hall
13777 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Call to Order 7:03
Roll Call: Baker, Dev, Estes, Fariba, Fatemi (absent), Finch (late),Goel, Kuan, MorganWitts,
Mu, Nookla, Rao (absent), Rees, Sheikh, L. Tang,S. Tang, Tkalcevic, Wilson. (Tang Roll Call)
Report on Posting of the Agenda: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, this
meet ing was properly posted on December 2, 2009.
Accept Agenda Items: No addit ional items may be added pursuant to Government Code Section
54954.2.
Approval of November Minutes.
Oral & Written Communication: Any member of the public may address the Commissio n
about any matter not on the agenda for this meeting for up three minutes. Commissioners
may not comment on the matter, but may choose to place the topic on a future agenda.
I. New Business
a. Student representatives fro m local high schools.
• Saratoga High Activit ies that bring people together, activit ies, Warner Hutton House
“hang out” place, events so people fro m different high schools can meet, advertise more
at the high schools, high school dances
• St. Andrews Movie Night, free popcorn
• Redwood Communit y service projects, dances, toy drive, another Bookgoround,
dances, inflatables, gamerooms,
• most have heard about local, neighborhood parks
• lectures, film fests, do you think people fro m your school would go? Yes, if there was
enough publicit y
• Old Business
b. Website Update (Sheikh, Rees, Tkalcevic)
i. News fro m Ramiz
• Up and running, few text and grammatical errors
ii. Facebook reminder about concert
• Natalie will send out reminder tonight, make sure everyo ne is an
admin, and send out message about the blog
c. Committee Updates
i. Blog Group (Fatemi)
1. New Topics go to websiteà blog
2. Market Blog to public
a. How?
• Blurb in the Saratoga News, post up flyers, send out link on
facebook
3. Music Review
• Concert review by Natalie
• “Holiday season” blog up in a week (December 15)
ii. Endorse Saratoga
a. Hunger Banquet (Tkalcevic)
i. Where? When? What do we need to do?
• Very successful, 50 people, Video was very powerful, as lo ng as we advert ise well and
have a good location, it will not be too hard to put together
• Preparation: tables, chairs, tarps, video, food, raffle baskets, $250, charged $5 to get in
• Could work with LGYC and MSYC
• Announcements, invitations for the Cit y Council, 80 people would be ideal
• Thursday, March 4, 5:00pm
• Hunger Banquet Committee: Natalie, Elena, D, Kaitlin, Ali, Sarah, Natasha, Troy,
Lauren T.
• Middle school and high school, publicit y
b. Sacred Heart (Kuan) – Schedule a date January 30
c. Meet with LGYC & MSYC – Week of December 14 th ?
• Adam spoke with both commissio n advisers
• Monte Sereno very interested in meet ing
• Kait lin and Vishal will meet with LGYC and MSYC next week (December 14)
iii. Events
1. Filmfest (Sheikh, Baker)
a. Schedule of deadlines, location, policies, market ing
(schools)
• May 7 have scheduled the Warner Hutton House, won’t find out about library unt il
February
• Videos in by April 7 (1 month in advance)
• Will have a form requiring summary o f presentation, requirements, when/where the film
fest is going to be, website for the film fest
• Judges: Drama teacher fro m Saratoga High? Film Teacher at Bellarmine? Film teacher
fro m Saratoga?
• Only High School
• Saratoga High – Ramiz, Kevin, Priyanka
• Los Gatos –Joint council meeting
• West mont –Troy
• Jacob – Bellarmine
• Sammy – Castelleja
• Kia – St. Francis
2. Concert
a. December 11 th shifts
i. 5:308:30 pm
ii. 8:3010:30 pm
• 275 people, made $800
• Another concert on January 29 will have t iedye shirts
by then
b. Pass out flyers!!!!
3. Dance (Rees)
a. Hold off t ill Spring
• Not an Invisible Children Dance, put one on ourselves
• May 21, 2010
4. Lecture Series (Baker)
a. Update Talking wit h Congresswoman
iv. In the Park (MorganWitts, Fariba)
1. What are we going to do?
a. Arbor Day?
• Will do this event sometime in April, need to find out date and
locat ion PRC commissio n
• Big event – build off o f Arbor Day celebration already go ing on,
20 30 min speech by mayor and plant ing of the tree
• Activit ies – “kiddy carnival”, environmental speaker, jazz band,
scavenger hunt, BBQ, face paint ing, soccer, flag football, raffle,
arts and crafts table, cake walk
• Do not have a specific time and date, working wit h the PRC
commissio n
b. Trail Cleanup?
c. AdoptATree?
II. Calendar
i. Concert –December 11 th
ii. January 2010
1. Blog Group Posting – 1/15
2. Meet ing – 1/12
3. Sacred Heart – 1/30
4. Concert –1/29
iii. Mustard Walk February
iv. YAC Attack –March 6, 2010
1. Workshops/Roundtables/Debate topics would you like to lead
v. Rotary Art Show – 1 st Sunday in May
III. Adjournment 8:53
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I, Adam Henig, Recreation Supervisor for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of
the Parks and Recreation Commission of the City of Saratoga was posted on December 2, 2009 at the office of the
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